Blogging about crypto as I learn
11 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.12
FB Memories reminded me that I had written this in 2017 while waiting for my flight back to Singapore [To be continued. Or not at all. Boarding flight now. ;)] It has been a hell of a roller coaster ride, a whirlpool of emotions this trip. My virg...
10 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.07
My student is receiving tuition outside school. I embrace this with open arms because why would I begrudge someone else who is responsible for improving my student’s quality of work? She showed me her essay that she had written for her tuition teache...
9 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.10
The fiat economy stipulates that we be T-shaped professionals - having working knowledge in a wide range of disciplines while having the ability to go deep in one specialisation. But perhaps Bitcoiners prefer to go all in on something. Do you have a...
8 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.01
Teaching in my country isn’t easy. We work harder and experience more stress than our counterparts in many other countries. The data even supports our predicament. Coupled with the fact that I prefer teaching teenagers to children, I doubt if I will...
7 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.04
Did you know what BBCCFGM refers to? Yup, you wouldn’t know. But this is something my well-schooled Science students are very familiar with. Butterfly beetle chicken cockroach frog grasshopper mosquito. Just yesterday, a student asked why we limit ou...
7 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.07
My fifth graders finished their composition examination today. Cue huge sighs of relief. Well, I don’t know if they would do well or not, but I have given it my best shot. I am enough. Anyway, this preparation process made me realise just how hard it...
6 Oct 2025 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.02
Started the day right by using Epic to read a book aloud to my son. He turned to me and said, “animals can grow!” I didn’t even realise he knew this word - grow. As busy adults, 15 minutes is too little for us to get started on any one task. When I...
5 Oct 2025 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.11
Happiness Journal 24/09/2025 My ex-colleague from my previous school sent me a photo to inform me that my ex-students had made it to the finals of the Spelling Bee this year. One of them was a veteran who had taken part in the Spelling Bee last year....
5 Oct 2025 2 minute read 3 comments cryotosensei $0.10
It would be great if my students read voraciously. Unfortunately, they don’t, and their final-year exam is snapping at their heels. If they can’t acquire good writing skills through osmosis with reading, then I need to ensure that they at least read...
4 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.08
My son will enter elementary school next year, so I feel compelled to revise my primary school maths. Indeed, the Primary School Leaving Examination (Mathematics) is notorious for testing 12-year-olds questions that leave them stumped in spite of the...
